Cannock Chase District

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Cannock Chase is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and National Landscape in Staffordshire, England.

It gives its name to Cannock Chase District, a non-metropolitan local government district containing the towns of Cannock, Hednesford, Rugeley and surrounding rural villages. The district borders South Staffordshire to the west, the Borough of Stafford to the north, Lichfield District to the east, and the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall to the south.

History

The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering two former districts plus a single parish from a third, which were all abolished at the same time:[1]

The new district was named Cannock Chase after the landscape and former royal forest which covers much of the area.[2]

Governance

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Cannock Chase District Council, which styles itself "Cannock Chase Council", provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Staffordshire County Council. Much of the district is also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government.[3][4]

The council's logo is a deer, referencing the area's past as a royal hunting forest and the fact that deer are common in the area. A survey in 2022 found that the deer population was growing.[5]

Political control

The council has been under Labour majority control since the 2024 election.[6]

The first elections to the council were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:[7][8]

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Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1991 have been:

Councillor Party From To
George Adamson[9] Script error: No such module "Party name with color". May 1991
Gordon Alcott[9][10] Script error: No such module "Party name with color". May 1991 May 1994
Gwilym Roberts[10][11] Script error: No such module "Party name with color". May 1994 May 1999
Mike Holder[11][12] Script error: No such module "Party name with color". May 1999 May 2003
Reg Cooper[12][13] Script error: No such module "Party name with color". May 2003 2005
Neil Stanley[14] Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 2005 May 2011
George Adamson[15][16] Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 2011 May 2021
Olivia Lyons[17][18] Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 19 May 2021 May 2023
Tony Johnson[19] Script error: No such module "Party name with color". 24 May 2023

Composition

Following the 2024 election,[20] and subsequent by-elections up to August 2025, the composition of the council was:[21]

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Total 36

The next election is due in May 2026.[21]

Elections

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The district covers the same area as the Cannock Chase (UK Parliament constituency). Until the 2010 general election the constituency also included the adjacent village of Huntington in South Staffordshire. From 2010 onwards the constituency has exactly the same boundaries as the district.[4]

Premises

The council is based at the Civic Centre on Beecroft Road in Cannock.[23] The building was purpose-built for the council between 1978 and 1981.[24]

Demography

According to data from the 2011 United Kingdom census, Cannock Chase has a population of 100,600, with 49,500 males and 51,100 females. 62.5% of the population is between the ages of 16–64, of which 88.7% is economically active, 11.2% above the West Midlands regional average.[25]

Media

In terms of television, the area is served by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central (West) broadcasting from Birmingham. Television signals are received the Sutton Coldfield TV transmitter. [26]

Radio stations for the area are:

The Express & Star is the local newspaper that cover the district. [28]

Towns and parishes

Much of the district is covered by eight civil parishes. The exception is certain parts of Cannock, which are unparished.[4] The parish councils for Hednesford and Rugeley have declared their parishes to be towns, allowing them to take the style "town council".[29]

When the district was created in 1974 it only contained one parish, being Brindley Heath; the former Rugeley Urban District and Cannock Urban District were both unparished. In 1988 two parishes called Rugeley and Brereton were created covering the former Rugeley Urban District, and four parishes called Bridgtown, Cannock Wood, Heath Hayes and Wimblebury, and Norton Canes were created covering parts of the former Cannock Urban District.[30] The parish of Hednesford was subsequently created in 2000 from another part of the former Cannock Urban District.[31]

The parishes are:

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Other areas and settlements include:

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References

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Further reading

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